Class Divisions on the Broadway Stage [electronic resource] : The Staging and Taming of the I.W.W. /
Schwartz, M.author.
Examining twenty-five years of theatre history, this book covers the major plays that feature representations of the Industrial Workers of the World. American class movement and class divisions have long been reflected on the Broadway stage and here Michael Schwartz presents a fresh look at the conflict between labor and capital.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents .; Acknowledgments .; 1. To Stop the World: The Most Stupendous Impossibles .; 2. Where Do I Get Off? The Wobblies I.W.W. Spurn The Hairy Ape .; 3. No Kick Coming: The Romantic Wobbly of Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted .; 4. Jazzing the Wobblies: John Howard Lawson's Processional .; 5. Dead Hand of the Dead: Anderson and Hickerson's Gods of the Lightning .; 6. "We Even Sing 'em in Jap and Chink": Upton Sinclair's Workers' Theatre Contribution .; 7. You I-Won't-Work Harp: I.W.W. Elegy in The Iceman Cometh .; 8. Postscript: Not Time Yet .
Notes .Works Cited .; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Examining twenty-five years of theatre history, this book covers the major plays that feature representations of the Industrial Workers of the World. American class movement and class divisions have long been reflected on the Broadway stage and here Michael Schwartz presents a fresh look at the conflict between labor and capital.
Industrial Workers of the World
United States—History.
History, Modern.
Theater—History.
Social history.
Performing arts.
Theater.
US History.
Modern History.
Theatre History.
Social History.
Performing Arts.
Theatre and Performance Studies.